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Photo: Atomic Taco from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Medina
A single famous person was born in Medina: Jake Eldrenkamp
Jake Eldrenkamp, the American football guard, was born in 1994. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. Next door, Bellevue lists 52, led by Larry Sanger. 207 of the towns in Washington list at least one person.
Born here
1
notable people
Best known
Jake Eldrenkamp
in 2 Wikipedia languages
First
1994
Jake Eldrenkamp
Most common field
Sports
1 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Medina’s famous people
The best known
Born in Medina
A chosen home
Also called Medina home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Medina, though born elsewhere.
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Close by, Bellevue counts 52 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Medina and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (5)
- Nathan Myhrvold: Pierre Omidyar. Pierre Omidyar, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Chadwick: Joshin Yamada from Portland, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Larry Sanger: Larry Sanger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill Gates: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Wayte: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons